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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Moments That Shine

There are moments of this journey that just seem to rise up above the everyday - moments that encourage me and keep me motivated to do this work. If you teach children, you know exactly what I mean!

One example from our week: After riding in the car for just a few minutes with the local public broadcasting station playing, Cullen asked me what we were listening to on the radio. I answered that I couldn't tell yet.

"It sounds a lot like Bach," he offered.

Music lover that I am, my heart just swelled up that he even cared! My grin got even bigger when I realized that it was indeed a piece by Bach. Way to go, kiddo!

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My cousin and friend, Jamie, whose blog is a really fun place, is featuring adoption stories from time to time. Whether you have adopted, are considering it or even if you know it's not for you, these are moving and inspiring stories.

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Wise Words

"Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each." ~Plato

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live.